In Boustroff, 45% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 19%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.6% of homes are flats in Boustroff. On empty homes, Boustroff sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 4.9%. The town is home to 152 residents in 57 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Moselle median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Boustroff
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Boustroff changed by −3% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boustroff 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Boustroff is 41.7, lower than in 68% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.7 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 73% of compared French towns: 7%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 3.5% moved in during the last two years and 46% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.6%.
€28,550 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,550 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Boustroff, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.1%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Boustroff has 1.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
By its share of single residents (30%), Boustroff is above 78% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 152 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Boustroff is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boustroff | 41.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 3.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 4.6 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 5.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 6 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 7.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold 3,572 · 8.2 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Boustroff
What is the population of Boustroff?
152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Boustroff’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boustroff?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boustroff?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boustroff?
€28,550 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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